Spinning machine



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Patented Aug. 24, 1926. l i

UNITED .STATES Parent orifice.

, HOWARD A. DIEFNDERFER AND V/'ILLIS COOPER HOHL, OF LEHIGI-ITON, PENN- SYLVANIA.

SPINNING MACHINE.

Application iiled April 3, 1926. SeriaiNo. 99,636.

This invention relates to improvements in spindle. A spring pressed plunger 13 in the 50 spinning machines, mainly designed for the. frame acts to hold the arm in its swung out spinning of silk, the general object of the position, with the gears out of mesh, the invention being to provide positive means Vplunger being retracted by means of its hanfor driving the spindles, instead of fricdle 14 to permit the arm to be moved intional means so as to insure a uniform twist wardly to place the gears into mesh again.

55 throughout the length of the thread. The arm is held in operativev position by Another object of the invention is to promeans of the coiled spring 15 which is convide means whereby the spindle can be easily nected with the arm and with a part of the 1U swung to a posit-ion where it will be renframe and an adjustable stop is provided dered inactive, with latch means for holdfor the arm which consists of a set screw 60 ing it in this position. 17 on a part of the frame having its end en- This invention also consists in certain gaged by the arm when said arm is moved other features of construction and kin the inwardly by the spring. The spring, hold- 15 combination and arrangement of the seving the arm against the stop, will properly eral parts, to be hereinafter fully described, position the pinion 7 in relation to the gear 05 illustrated in the accompanying` drawings 6 to cause the gears to mesh so that the and specifically pointed out in the appended movement of the line shaft will be comclaims. municated to the spindle. When the spin- 20 In describing our invention in det-ail, refdle needs attention from the operator, he

erence will be had to the accompanying simply grasps t-he handle and swingsV the 70 drawings wherein like characters denote like arm outwardly to uncover the plunger, or corresponding parts throughout the sevwhen the spring of the plunger will project eral views, and in which it and thus hold the arm in its outward p0- Figure l is a fragmentary plan View of sition with the gears out of mesh. After a portion of a spinning machine, showing ,the spindle has been nished with, the oper- 7.5

our invent-ion in use. ator retracts the.plungerso as to permit the Figure 2 is a section on line 9.--2 of Figspring l5 to return the arm to operative poure l. sitionand to cause the pinion to mesh with Figure 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Figthe gear. ure l. f Thus we have produced simple means for s@ In these views, l indicates the main line positively driving the spindles, with means drive shaft which` is driven from the motor for permitting the spindles to he freed of A through the gears 4., this shaft beingjourthe driving means whenever desired. naled in the frame 5. The shaft l carries Itis thought from the foregoing descripa number of beveled gears 6, each of which tion that the advantages and novel `features 85 meshes with a beveled pinion 7 secured to of our invention will be readily apparent.

each of the spindles 8. Thus the spindles 7e desire it to beunderstood that we are positively driven from the line shaft may make changes in the construction and and this will eliminate unequal twisting of in the combination and arrangement of the the threads which takes place when the several parts, provided that such changes fall 9o spindles are frictionally driven. within the scope of the appended claims.

Each spindle i is rotatably mounted Vliat we claim is through means of the anti-friction bearings l. In a spinning machine, a line shaft, a 9, in anarm 10 which is pivotally connected gear thereon, an arm pivotedfto the frame with the frame, as shown at ll, so that the of the machinaahandle on the arm, a spine5 arm can be swung outwardly, by means of die rotatably supported by the arm, a gearl its handle l2, to move the gears 6 and 7 out thereon meshing with the beforementioned of mesh and thus stop the rotation of the gear, latch means for holding the armwith.

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the spindle gear gear and a stop for holding the arm in a position with the gears in mesh.

2. In a spinning machine, a line shaft, a gear thereon, an arm pivoted to the frame of the machine, a spindle rotatably supported by the arm, a gear on the spindle engag ing with the first mentioned gear, a spring latch Jfor holding the arm in a position With the other gear, an adjustable stop for holding the arm With the gears in mesh and a spring connected with the arm for holding the same against the stop.

In testimony whereof We aix our signatures.

HOWARD A. DIEFENDERFER WILLIS COOPER HOHL.

out of mesh Withthe other the gear on the spindle out of mesh with 10 

